Austria Hungary

THE WAR NEWSPAPER

"WAR IS FINALLYOVER"

SPECIAL EDITION: A LOOK INTO AUSTRIA HUNGARY IN WWI

MAIN EVENTS

June 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary’s archduke Franz Ferdinand is killed by  Gavrilo Princip a member of a militant group of Serbia called the Blackhand.

July 28, 1914

Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

August 1, 1914

Austria Sends 450,000 men to invade Serbia but it was a failure since they lost almost the half of them.

August 6, 1914

Montenegro Declares war on Austria Hungary

August 11/12, 1914

UK and France declare war on Austria Hungary. 

August 23-25 1914

Austria defeats Russia at the Battle of Krásnik

October 6,1915

Austria, Germany and Bulgaria invade Serbia which leads the Austrian’s to conquer Serbia

May 6, 1916

Austria Hungary’s “Strafexpedition” in Italy fails since they lost a lot of man in that invasion and Russians temporarily invaded Austria at that time.

January 1917

Austria Hungary tries to sign an armistice with Entente Powers but it fails because GB and France didn’t trust anyone who supported Germany

November 3 1918

Austria Signs an Armistice with Italy 

November 12-Dec 22 1918

-Austria is proclaimed a republic

-Czechoslovakia is proclaimed a republic

-Yugoslav independence proclaimed

Austria Hungary is dissolved

September 10 1919

Austria signs the treaty of saint German for peace

June 4 1920

Hungary signs the treaty of Trianon for peace 

Map

Points out the battles and alliances

Main Characters

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Joseph

Pilsudiki

Propaganda

Means: Serbia must die!

Social Political and Economical Effects

Social:

- People in Austria, just as in any other country during the World War 1, were afraid of everything, paranoid. Many people lost their territory and were on streets. Poverty was one main consequences and fear.

Political:

- The political structure of Austria Hungary is really complicated since it’s a country that declares war to very powerful countries. They had a lot of power. Austria was geographically the second largest country in Europe since the crowning of Franz Joseph.

Economic:

- Due to the enormous change of population and disasters due to the world war 1, the economy of Autria went from top to bottom. They had to  cut off some expenses so they could pay what was really needed. An also, buy the supplies needed to fight in war. But by the end of the 19 century the economy diferences Austria had with other countries began to even out. The agriculture Autria-Hungary had helped alot. It led to a very rapid economic growth through-out all the country.

The Human Cost Of War

The war killed millions of people making it the mother of all wars.

Of the 65 million men who fought in World War 1:

8 million men were killed in battle.

2 million died of illness and disease.

21.2 million were wounded.

7.8 million were taken prisoner or went missing in action.

6.6 million civilians were killed.

In those time most families had members who fought in war and most of them lost one of their own making it a very memorable one.

“The Financial Cost of War”

Because so much money was spent in the war, many factories were in trouble and the Government did not help them financially so many of them went broke.

Something that was also terrible news, was that with all the deaths,  there was a loss of talents or workers, that were very uselful and needed that died. This made many problems in factories and villages damaging the infrastructure.

Austria-Hungary

20,622,960,000

Bibliografía

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Duffy, Michael. First World War. 2009. 24 de January de 2011 <http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm>.